five

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === Five, FIVE === Etymology === Borrowed from English five. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfai̯f], like fife === Noun === five (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 5. Synonym: pantafive (ITU/IMO) === References === == English == === Alternative forms === Arabic numerals: 5 (see for numerical forms in other scripts) Roman numerals: V === Etymology === From Middle English fyf, fyve, from Old English fīf (“five”), from Proto-West Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Norwegian and Swedish fem, Icelandic fimm; also Welsh pump, Latin quinque, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять (pjatʹ), Albanian pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Armenian հինգ (hing), Persian پنج (panj), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii. The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf was lost through a sound change known as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law. === Pronunciation === enPR: fīv, IPA(key): /faɪv/, Rhymes: -aɪv (Southern US) IPA(key): [fäːv] (Indic) IPA(key): /faj(v)/ (dialectal) Homophones: fi, phi === Numeral === five A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. Describing a group or set with five elements. ==== Related terms ==== fifth ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages === Noun === five (plural fives) The digit/figure 5. A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver. Anything measuring five units, as length. A person who is five years old. Five o'clock. A short rest, especially one of five minutes. (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === vife == Middle English == === Numeral === five alternative form of fyve == Scots == === Alternative forms === fehv (Dundee) === Etymology === From Middle English fyf, from Old English fīf. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faɪv/, /fəiv/ (Dundee) IPA(key): /fɛːv/ (sometimes spelled fehv) === Numeral === five five === References === “five, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. == Walloon == === Etymology === From Old French fievre, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris. Cognates include French fièvre and Norman fièvre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiːf/ === Noun === five f (plural fives) fever delirium ==== References ==== Simon Stasse (2004), Dictionaire Populaire de Wallon Liegeois‎[4], Société Royale Littéraire "La Wallonne"